鹤立鸡群
hè​lì​jī​qún HSK7

to stand out from the crowd

  • created sense approved 鹤立鸡群/鶴立雞群 · hè​lì​jī​qún · to stand out from the crowd — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹤立鸡群 / 鶴立雞群

    hè​lì​jī​qún

    to stand out from the crowd

    a crane standing among chickens; to be head and shoulders above the rest in terms of talent, ability, or appearance

    鹤 (literal) → 鹤/鶴 · hè · crane 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to stand 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 群 (literal) → 群 · qún · group

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense